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Solar data for Syria
Across the 88 places in Syria the best fixed tilt for solar panels runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī, and flat ground gets 5.0 to 5.6 peak sun hours a day. Every number is computed for each place.
Solar power in Syria at a glance
Averages over 88 places with climate data, for a fixed array facing south.
- 5.02–5.14
- 5.14–5.27
- 5.27–5.39
- 5.39–5.51
- 5.51–5.64
Peak sun hours a day on flat ground. Each dot is one place.
The sunniest place in Syria is As-Suwayda (Suwayda) with 5.64 peak sun hours a day on flat ground; the least sunny is Al Mālikīyah with 5.02. A 1 kWp array at its best angle makes from 1,664 kWh a year in Kafranbel to 1,834 kWh in As-Suwayda — 1,731 kWh on average.
The best year-round tilt runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī. Off-grid systems are sized for the darkest month and do better steeper, at 57° on average: at 70° that month brings 2.89 kWh per kWp a day in Dar‘ā and 3.24 kWh in Al Mālikīyah.
Size an off-grid system or open any place below for its sun path, monthly table and tilt curve.
Sunniest places in Syria
Ranked by peak sun hours on flat ground: the yearly average of a day's sunshine energy (NASA POWER climatology). Output: 1 kWp at its best year-round angle.
| Rank | Place | Region | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As-Suwayda | Suwayda | 5.64 | 1,834 | 27° |
| 2 | Al Ḩirāk | Daraa | 5.59 | 1,818 | 27° |
| 3 | Dar‘ā | Daraa | 5.57 | 1,805 | 27° |
| 4 | Shaykh Miskīn | Daraa | 5.56 | 1,806 | 27° |
| 4 | Dā‘il | Daraa | 5.56 | 1,805 | 27° |
| 6 | Ţafas | Daraa | 5.55 | 1,801 | 27° |
| 7 | Aş Şanamayn | Daraa | 5.53 | 1,803 | 27° |
| 7 | Inkhil | Daraa | 5.53 | 1,800 | 27° |
| 7 | Nawá | Daraa | 5.53 | 1,796 | 27° |
| 10 | Jaramānā | Rif-dimashq | 5.52 | 1,805 | 27° |
Least sunny places in Syria
| Rank | Place | Region | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Jarābulus | Aleppo | 5.04 | 1,674 | 30° |
| 82 | Salqīn | Idlib | 5.04 | 1,665 | 29° |
| 82 | Kafr Takhārīm | Idlib | 5.04 | 1,664 | 29° |
| 87 | ‘Ayn al ‘Arab | Aleppo | 5.03 | 1,668 | 30° |
| 88 | Al Mālikīyah | Al-Hasakah | 5.02 | 1,671 | 31° |
Solar by region in Syria
Averages of the places in each region, sunniest first. Darkest month: what 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes a day in the worst month of the year.
| Region | Places | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt | Darkest month at 70° | Sunniest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suwayda | 1 | 5.64 | 1,834 | 27° | 2.90 kWh | As-Suwayda |
| Daraa | 9 | 5.55 | 1,803 | 27° | 2.92 kWh | Al Ḩirāk |
| Damascus Governorate | 2 | 5.51 | 1,802 | 27° | 3.00 kWh | Al-Yarmūk |
| Rif-dimashq | 17 | 5.49 | 1,793 | 27° | 3.01 kWh | Jaramānā |
| Quneitra | 1 | 5.46 | 1,776 | 27° | 2.94 kWh | Al Qunayţirah |
| Deir ez-Zor | 5 | 5.36 | 1,759 | 30° | 3.07 kWh | Ālbū Kamāl |
| Homs | 8 | 5.30 | 1,736 | 28° | 3.08 kWh | Al Qaryatayn |
| Raqqa | 2 | 5.22 | 1,726 | 30° | 3.17 kWh | Ar Raqqah |
| Tartus | 3 | 5.18 | 1,688 | 28° | 3.07 kWh | Şāfītā |
| Hama | 8 | 5.17 | 1,690 | 28° | 3.06 kWh | As Salamīyah |
| Latakia | 3 | 5.11 | 1,672 | 29° | 3.08 kWh | Jablah |
| Aleppo | 14 | 5.08 | 1,684 | 30° | 3.16 kWh | Dayr Ḩāfir |
| Al-Hasakah | 5 | 5.07 | 1,687 | 31° | 3.22 kWh | Al Ḩasakah |
| Idlib | 10 | 5.07 | 1,669 | 29° | 3.07 kWh | Khān Shaykhūn |
Largest places in Syria at a glance
| Place | Latitude | Best tilt | Off-grid tilt | Sun hours/day (flat) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleppo | 36.2° N | 29° | 58° | 5.10 |
| Damascus | 33.5° N | 27° | 55° | 5.51 |
| Homs | 34.7° N | 28° | 56° | 5.27 |
| Latakia | 35.5° N | 29° | 60° | 5.11 |
| Ar Raqqah | 36.0° N | 30° | 61° | 5.22 |
| Ḩamāh | 35.1° N | 28° | 56° | 5.19 |
| Ţarţūs | 34.9° N | 28° | 58° | 5.18 |
| Al Ḩasakah | 36.5° N | 30° | 61° | 5.17 |
| Deir ez-Zor | 35.3° N | 30° | 60° | 5.30 |
| Al Qāmishlī | 37.1° N | 31° | 62° | 5.06 |
| Al Bāb | 36.4° N | 30° | 58° | 5.12 |
| Idlib | 35.9° N | 29° | 57° | 5.07 |
| Dūmā | 33.6° N | 27° | 55° | 5.52 |
| Al-Yarmūk | 33.5° N | 27° | 55° | 5.52 |
| Jaramānā | 33.5° N | 27° | 55° | 5.52 |
| Manbij | 36.5° N | 30° | 61° | 5.09 |
| Dar‘ā | 32.6° N | 27° | 55° | 5.57 |
| As Salamīyah | 35.0° N | 28° | 57° | 5.27 |
| Al-Tabqa | 35.8° N | 30° | 60° | 5.22 |
| Dārayyā | 33.5° N | 27° | 55° | 5.50 |
Daylight and clock time in Syria
In Al Mālikīyah (37.2° N), the northernmost place, the longest day of the year lasts 14 h 43 min and the shortest 9 h 36 min; in Dar‘ā (32.6° N), the southernmost, 14 h 18 min and 10 h 00 min. Syria does not use daylight saving time: the clocks stay the same all year.
| Time zone | Places | UTC offset | Clocks change in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Damascus | 88 | UTC+3 | no daylight saving time |